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Investments and Public Expenditure
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Trinational Project “Raíces”: Participatory Improvement of Genetic Resources and Seed Systems for Regenerative Agriculture
The trinational “Raíces” project aims to strengthen agrobiodiversity and seed systems in family farming across Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia through the participatory improvement of genetic resources. The initiative integrates technical knowledge with local practices to conserve, reproduce, and adapt native and traditional crop varieties to changing climatic conditions. The project promotes the establishment of community seed banks and the strengthening of local networks, alongside training in agroecological practices. In doing so, it enhances productive resilience, crop diversity, and food security among small-scale farmers, with a particular focus on the inclusion of women, youth, and Indigenous communities.
Chocolate Island — Cocoa, Carbon and Community
The objective of the project is to propel the Trinidad and Tobago cocoa and chocolate industry forward in a post pandemic and ESGcompliant world, by providing an innovative approach to attracting impact investors through a bundled investment package of "Cocoa, Carbon and Community" thus providing not only a financial return on investment but also environmental and social returns as well.
Agribusiness Knowledge Exchange Program
It aims to promote intra-regional knowledge exchange among countries in the Caribbean Department, fostering a deeper understanding of new private sector developments in agribusiness SMEs and the transformative power of technology.


Policy frameworks
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Sustainable Island Resource Management Zoning Plan (SIRMZP) of Antigua and Barbuda
National strategic land-use framework for Antigua and Barbuda that updates the National Physical Development Plan with a 20-year horizon. It integrates ecological studies, geographic-sectoral analysis, and low-carbon development scenarios to optimize the productive use of natural resources — including agricultural land, fisheries, and tourism — without exceeding the resilience of coastal, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems.
Policy Development Plan 2017–2021 of Suriname
Constitutionally mandated five-year national development plan setting Suriname's policy priorities and targets for 2017–2021. Organized around four development pillars, the fourth — Utilization and Protection of the Environment — explicitly integrates climate change as a cross-cutting issue, with provisions on sea-level rise, disaster management, emissions reduction, and agriculture-related environmental threats. The plan establishes a two-track agricultural development policy, lays the groundwork for energy transition and forest protection, and provides the overarching framework for the country's NAP and NDC. Constitutionally mandated five-year national development plan setting Suriname's policy priorities and targets for 2017–2021. Organized around four development pillars, the fourth — Utilization and Protection of the Environment — explicitly integrates climate change as a cross-cutting issue, with provisions on sea-level rise, disaster management, emissions reduction, and agriculture-related environmental threats. The plan establishes a two-track agricultural development policy, lays the groundwork for energy transition and forest protection, and provides the overarching framework for the country's NAP and NDC.
National Adaptation Strategy to Address Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector in Belize
Sectoral strategy and action plan defining concrete adaptation measures for Belize's agricultural sector in response to climate change. Addresses projected impacts on the country's main export commodities (sugarcane, citrus, banana, rice, corn, beans, livestock, and aquaculture) through six thematic axes: excess rainfall and flooding, water deficit and drought, rainfall variability, temperature rise, pest and disease shifts, and soil degradation. Cross-cutting measures include crop insurance, farmer group resilience, and agrometeorological early warning systems. Sectoral strategy and action plan defining concrete adaptation measures for Belize's agricultural sector in response to climate change. Addresses projected impacts on the country's main export commodities (sugarcane, citrus, banana, rice, corn, beans, livestock, and aquaculture) through six thematic axes: excess rainfall and flooding, water deficit and drought, rainfall variability, temperature rise, pest and disease shifts, and soil degradation. Cross-cutting measures include crop insurance, farmer group resilience, and agrometeorological early warning systems.


Good practices
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Trinational Project “Raíces”: Participatory Improvement of Genetic Resources and Seed Systems for Regenerative Agriculture
The trinational “Raíces” project aims to strengthen agrobiodiversity and seed systems in family farming across Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia through the participatory improvement of genetic resources. The initiative integrates technical knowledge with local practices to conserve, reproduce, and adapt native and traditional crop varieties to changing climatic conditions. The project promotes the establishment of community seed banks and the strengthening of local networks, alongside training in agroecological practices. In doing so, it enhances productive resilience, crop diversity, and food security among small-scale farmers, with a particular focus on the inclusion of women, youth, and Indigenous communities.
Chocolate Island — Cocoa, Carbon and Community
The objective of the project is to propel the Trinidad and Tobago cocoa and chocolate industry forward in a post pandemic and ESGcompliant world, by providing an innovative approach to attracting impact investors through a bundled investment package of "Cocoa, Carbon and Community" thus providing not only a financial return on investment but also environmental and social returns as well.
Agribusiness Knowledge Exchange Program
It aims to promote intra-regional knowledge exchange among countries in the Caribbean Department, fostering a deeper understanding of new private sector developments in agribusiness SMEs and the transformative power of technology.


Resources
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Events
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Dialogue rooms
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